Country size comparison
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Burkina Faso is about 4.2 times bigger than Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Burkina Faso is approximately 274,200 sq km, making Burkina Faso 318% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~21.8 million people (2.3 million more people live in Burkina Faso).
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